[Mass Effect] T-Minus 10 days and counting. Pre-release hype ignition confirmed.

Kana

Dux wrote:

Orca wrote:

Dux wrote:

I wonder if we'll get anything for playing the Demo so damn much.

The enjoyment of playing the demo?

Stress testing the servers so they don't collapse completely on release day?

Maybe the odd bug found and squashed?

We got our reward: we got to play.

Fuck that shit I want some kick-ass gun or something.

I just want to freaking unlock the goddamn quarian engineer!

And the krogun!

Man did they set up the random drop so you're less likely to get new stuff the higher level you get or something? Cuz I haven't gotten -anything- new in two days. It's a little aggravating.

Vann Diras

Kana wrote:

Dux wrote:

Orca wrote:

Dux wrote:

I wonder if we'll get anything for playing the Demo so damn much.

The enjoyment of playing the demo?

Stress testing the servers so they don't collapse completely on release day?

Maybe the odd bug found and squashed?

We got our reward: we got to play.

Fuck that shit I want some kick-ass gun or something.

I just want to freaking unlock the goddamn quarian engineer!

And the krogun!

Man did they set up the random drop so you're less likely to get new stuff the higher level you get or something? Cuz I haven't gotten -anything- new in two days. It's a little aggravating.

probability don't change the more you keep trying

it makes sense that if you only have one or two things left to unlock, probability says they're gonna be rare as fuck

chiasaur11

Kana wrote:

Dux wrote:

Orca wrote:

Dux wrote:

I wonder if we'll get anything for playing the Demo so damn much.

The enjoyment of playing the demo?

Stress testing the servers so they don't collapse completely on release day?

Maybe the odd bug found and squashed?

We got our reward: we got to play.

Fuck that shit I want some kick-ass gun or something.

I just want to freaking unlock the goddamn quarian engineer!

And the krogun!

Man did they set up the random drop so you're less likely to get new stuff the higher level you get or something? Cuz I haven't gotten -anything- new in two days. It's a little aggravating.

Well, even if they didn't do anything special, raw math is against you.

Initially, a vast majority of stuff is new. Slowly, the balance shifts to old. Unless it's biased towards the new, you're out of luck eventually.

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Kana

I understand basic probability. I'm just sayin', this is getting ridonkulous. There's a pretty fair share of unlockables that I haven't gotten yet

bitch bitch moan

Jordyn

Dubh wrote:

I want a video of taky and jordyn playing a mp match

Sara and I have invited him to matches and then he goes waaah my responsibilities

Goatmon

Weaver wrote:

I don't know about the demo multi being turned off, but all of your multi stats and unlocks & everything will be wiped

Wallhitter

Gave the multi a try tonight. Gotta say, I'm liking how they changed up the gameplay, it's a lot more mobile than it was in ME2. Also, god fucking damn the AI's ruthless.

edit: Played as a human Vanguard, Nova is hella fun.

Vann Diras

i'm getting the hang of vanguard i think

nova is really good

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SwissLion

I died a lot initially as Vanguard because I use nova every single time I charged.

Even though I had read and processed the fact that it drains your barriers I would still use it every time.

I'm getting better at it now though.

Karl

Human Soldier, just making it rain concussive shot.

Any tips on taking on Guardians? I hit them with the concussive shot to stagger them but should I be aiming for the feet or what?

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Vann Diras

i nova pretty much everytime i charge

extra damage, gets any dudes who might be around off my back and quickens the cooldown on my next charge

pretty useful

Wallhitter

I usually use Nova in indoor areas or if I'm charging an enemy/small group of enemies isolated from the rest. I've also managed to use it to get enemies off my allies so I could rez them.

Bucketman

Oh man I just did the Arrival DLC for ME2

I uh, I killed a lot of Bararians. That is going to be bite me in the ass in 3 I bet. Gonna save the universe from the Reapers, and then BAM court marshal

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Melding

It's not genocide, it's just mass murder.

Karl

Arrival spoiler

Look I tried to warn the Batarian colony. That fucking cunt Kenson cut me off.

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Karl

Another arrival spoiler

I don't usually do renegade interrupts but when Kenson pulls out that detonator I just went "fuck it, drop her" and was gratified to see Shepard put a few pistol rounds in her. Shame the bomb still went off.

Weaver

Arrival

Don't give a shit what race was living there, this is a battle for the entire galaxy. And beyond that, how do I know we just haven't been off-season and the reapers have been off raiding Andromeda?

Goatmon

Bucketman wrote:

Oh man I just did the Arrival DLC for ME2

I uh, I killed a lot of Bararians. That is going to be bite me in the ass in 3 I bet. Gonna save the universe from the Reapers, and then BAM court marshal

In the ME3 Demo you get to see the first level, which sums up all of this, albeit very briefly.

Shepard has been stripped of rank and rotting in a cell since finishing The Suicide Mission and the Arrival DLC.

They give him a pardon after confirming that the reapers are on their doorstep. Anderson (Now an admiral) has him reinstated, and helps him get to the Normandy and get off the planet to find a way to stop the reapers.

Weaver

Goatmon wrote:

Bucketman wrote:

Oh man I just did the Arrival DLC for ME2

I uh, I killed a lot of Bararians. That is going to be bite me in the ass in 3 I bet. Gonna save the universe from the Reapers, and then BAM court marshal

In the ME3 Demo you get to see the first level, which sums up all of this, albeit very briefly.

Shepard has been stripped of rank and rotting in a cell since finishing The Suicide Mission and the Arrival DLC.

They give him a pardon after confirming that the reapers are on their doorstep. Anderson (Now an admiral) has him reinstated, and helps him get to the Normandy and get off the planet to find a way to stop the reapers.

Speaking of the demo opening

Seems pretty obvious that Hacket took off with the home fleet because he's a smart guy that can tell when you have to save your forces for a later battle.

Karl

Weaver wrote:

Goatmon wrote:

Bucketman wrote:

Oh man I just did the Arrival DLC for ME2

I uh, I killed a lot of Bararians. That is going to be bite me in the ass in 3 I bet. Gonna save the universe from the Reapers, and then BAM court marshal

In the ME3 Demo you get to see the first level, which sums up all of this, albeit very briefly.

Shepard has been stripped of rank and rotting in a cell since finishing The Suicide Mission and the Arrival DLC.

They give him a pardon after confirming that the reapers are on their doorstep. Anderson (Now an admiral) has him reinstated, and helps him get to the Normandy and get off the planet to find a way to stop the reapers.

Speaking of the demo opening

Seems pretty obvious that Hacket took off with the home fleet because he's a smart guy that can tell when you have to save your forces for a later battle.

I hope so because I just assumed

He's dead with the rest of the fleet. If the Reapers are groundside, I assumed they'd killed their way through the fleet to do it.

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Wallhitter

They're Batarians. You're doing the galaxy a favor.

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Weaver

Orca wrote:

Karl wrote:

Weaver wrote:

Goatmon wrote:

Bucketman wrote:

Oh man I just did the Arrival DLC for ME2

I uh, I killed a lot of Bararians. That is going to be bite me in the ass in 3 I bet. Gonna save the universe from the Reapers, and then BAM court marshal

In the ME3 Demo you get to see the first level, which sums up all of this, albeit very briefly.

Shepard has been stripped of rank and rotting in a cell since finishing The Suicide Mission and the Arrival DLC.

They give him a pardon after confirming that the reapers are on their doorstep. Anderson (Now an admiral) has him reinstated, and helps him get to the Normandy and get off the planet to find a way to stop the reapers.

Speaking of the demo opening

Seems pretty obvious that Hacket took off with the home fleet because he's a smart guy that can tell when you have to save your forces for a later battle.

I hope so because I just assumed

He's dead with the rest of the fleet. If the Reapers are groundside, I assumed they'd killed their way through the fleet to do it.

Earth has one of the larger navies around. Like 3rd or 4th in size among all the Citadel races. While whatever fleet they have stationed around Earth clearly got turned into scrap metal in record time, no doubt there are other fleets swanning about in the Terminus Systems and Citadel space. And 5th Fleet was at the Arcturus Relay for the Battle of the Citadel, so it seems to me that Hackett probably isn't even stationed with Home Fleet.

Also he shows up in later game footage in trailers. I want him leading my combined fleet in the late game. All forces, rally to Hackett.

Wallhitter

I do like, though, how goddamn FAST the Reapers tore through the fleet guarding Earth. Nice reminder that they are, well, Reapers.

Weaver

Hackett dies at the end of the second mission, Takyris collects our tears, suddenly had a problem finding a parking spot anywhere.

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Weaver

Certain things get glossed over. The relays have crews. In Citadel space, that means Citadel friendly crews. And there a huge codex entry about galactic communications through the relays. In universe, there's no reason the Reaper fleet shouldn't have been easily tracked as heading to Earth.

Karl

Orca wrote:

Wallhitter wrote:

I do like, though, how goddamn FAST the Reapers tore through the fleet guarding Earth. Nice reminder that they are, well, Reapers.

Yeah. The first notice high command got was when the outer system pickets and sensor platforms went dark...and just minutes later the Reapers had crashed through the fleet and were taking pot shots at ferris wheels.

Humanity, clearly, is outmatched here.

Although the Reapers aren't as implacable as the Shivans. As Cthulu-esque as the Reapers are, the Shivans are downright terrifying.

I think that's because you never actually talk to the Shivans.

Where as you talk to two separate reapers. Though They've still not explained why they turn up every so often to kill everyone.

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Goatmon

Weaver wrote:

Certain things get glossed over. The relays have crews. In Citadel space, that means Citadel friendly crews. And there a huge codex entry about galactic communications through the relays. In universe, there's no reason the Reaper fleet shouldn't have been easily tracked as heading to Earth.

Yeah but the relays are also reaper technology.

And the reapers love having backdoors into things that other races come to depend on.

tayvaan

Weaver wrote:

Certain things get glossed over. The relays have crews. In Citadel space, that means Citadel friendly crews. And there a huge codex entry about galactic communications through the relays. In universe, there's no reason the Reaper fleet shouldn't have been easily tracked as heading to Earth.

Relays are reaper tech, wouldn't surprise me if they can cut off all communications and relay activity from a system just by getting close enough.

Caulk Bite 6

The line from LotSB, that I really like, and gets me every time

"Come back soon."

Caulk Bite 6

Huntera wrote:

Weaver wrote: »

Dox the PI wrote: »

...youtube Shepards are ugly

Darth Shepard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5DDvadDGRw

Oh man, I've never not punched her so I never saw that line.

That's a fucking great line.

The renagade bullrushing is pretty great too.

Sorce

Re: Hackett in ME3

I think he went off somewhere with the Fifth Fleet, mostly because I remember hearing that he's the Main Dude In Charge in the MP part of the game.